Quantum Programming Without the Quantum Physics

• Item type: SIG Technical Reports(1)
• 公開日: 2024-10-21
• タイトル: Quantum Programming Without the Quantum Physics
• タイトル / 言語: en
• タイトル: Quantum Programming Without the Quantum Physics
• 言語: eng
• 資源タイプ / 資源タイプ識別子: http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18gh
• 資源タイプ: technical report
• 著者所属: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• 著者所属(英): en
• 著者所属(英): National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• 著者名: Jun, Inoue
• 著者名(英): Jun, Inoue
• 論文抄録 / 内容記述タイプ: Other
• 論文抄録 / 内容記述: We propose a quantum programming paradigm where all data are familiar classical data, and the only non-classical element is a random number generator that can return results with negative probability. Currently, the vast majority of quantum programming languages instead work with quantum data made up of qubits. Their behavior is described by heavy linear algebra and many interdependent concepts and intuitions from quantum physics, which takes dedicated study to understand. We demonstrate that the proposed view of quantum programming explains its central concepts and constraints in more accessible, computationally relevant terms by systematically reducing everything to the existence of that negative-probability random generator. This makes quantum programming more accessible to programmers without a deep background in physics or linear algebra.
• 論文抄録(英) / 内容記述タイプ: Other
• 論文抄録(英) / 内容記述: We propose a quantum programming paradigm where all data are familiar classical data, and the only non-classical element is a random number generator that can return results with negative probability. Currently, the vast majority of quantum programming languages instead work with quantum data made up of qubits. Their behavior is described by heavy linear algebra and many interdependent concepts and intuitions from quantum physics, which takes dedicated study to understand. We demonstrate that the proposed view of quantum programming explains its central concepts and constraints in more accessible, computationally relevant terms by systematically reducing everything to the existence of that negative-probability random generator. This makes quantum programming more accessible to programmers without a deep background in physics or linear algebra.
• 書誌レコードID / 収録物識別子タイプ: NCID
• 書誌レコードID / 収録物識別子: AA12894105
• 書誌情報: 研究報告量子ソフトウェア（QS）; 巻 2024-QS-13, 号 1, p. 1-9, 発行日 2024-10-21
• ISSN / 収録物識別子タイプ: ISSN
• ISSN / 収録物識別子: 2435-6492
• Notice: SIG Technical Reports are nonrefereed and hence may later appear in any journals, conferences, symposia, etc.
• 出版者 / 言語: ja
• 出版者: 情報処理学会